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John Nichols of The Nation

AmericanDreamer — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 19:24:50 +0000

In reply to The Debate: attacking Romney's jobs-creator mythology.

John Nichols of The Nation today offers another way to think about confronting Bain Capitalism, "It's Time to Debate Bain Capitalism", at:

http://www.thenation.com/blog/170593/its-time-debate-bain-capitalism?rel=emailNation

Baby needs a new pair of

Oxy Mora — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 15:23:08 +0000

In reply to Loopholer in chief.

Baby needs a new pair of shoes. Who you gonna call? Romneybuster.

Loopholer in chief.

erica20 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 14:45:13 +0000

In reply to Romney as the exploiter in

Loopholer in chief.

Romney as the exploiter in

Oxy Mora — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 11:58:03 +0000

In reply to In all seriousness, yes, I

Romney as the exploiter in chief. Romney as the guy who doesn't take responsibility.

In all seriousness, yes, I

Erica — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 03:41:14 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Erica. I like the

In all seriousness, yes, I agree the loophole question is critical because people need to know that he is the guy exploiting the loopholes and so he's talking about putting the brakes on himself and his buddies!

The question of whether Candy

erica20 — Tue, 16 Oct 2012 00:06:52 +0000

In reply to Thanks, Erica. I like the

The question of whether Candy should try to nail Romney or Obama sent me off on a bit of a "Mary Ann or Ginger" tangent there. Given the difference in their age, would Romney be allowed a little pharmaceutical...um...help?

Sometimes I swear I'm just Jolly with better manners.

That's choice. Thanks. I

Oxy Mora — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 22:06:33 +0000

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That's choice. Thanks.

I hope Romney brings up the Ryan debate. I would probably make a joke out of CNN's early and wrong call on the winner, putting Candy on notice. I'm not sure there is much percentage in Obama bringing up Joe's performance---except that to my mind it is essential to refer to that debate in regard to Ryan's abortion stance. If Obama doesn't get an abortion question before half way through, he'll have to find a way to bring it up.

Thanks, Erica. I like the

Oxy Mora — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:58:30 +0000

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Thanks, Erica. I like the "loophole" question and think Obama might do well to bring up the loop hole question frequently. "Governor Romney has not told us about what he would do in the case of X. Neither has he told us what loop hole reductions he is hiding or what is so secret about his tax returns that he is afraid to release them." you think Candy will step up to the plate and confront either one with a follow up question like that? I'm not expecting her to do a very good job, seems her reputation at CNN would be better served trying to nail Obama than Romney.

The town hall format---I'm not sure it favors Obama as some are saying. It requires being respectful to the questioner but then working in the attacks as part of, or the end of, the answer. That why it's necessary to get the attack lines in as early as possible, so Romney is defending.

If Romney just keeps reiterating the $716 B Medicare cut thing, seems it has to be answered in kind---making Obama seem repetitive. Obama should make some reference to how many times Romney has brought it up---must be that not many people believe it. "Romney has again distorted the specific purpose of my Medicare reform. It's a habit with him. It's the same as how he has distorted subject Y, the same as he has done with Z."

I agree with you very much on

Oxy Mora — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:42:06 +0000

In reply to One thing that makes the Bush

I agree with you very much on the point of using concrete examples from Bain, etc., as opposed to abstract policy arguments. Romney is just filling air space with wild charges and wild promises and that's hard to break through. I just heard Portman on the subject of Bain's China activities and he's using the "blind trust" and the "Romney left Bain in 1999" arguments. So the Bain attacks have to be crafted properly. I believe that the outsourcing began early. I'm not sure whether its worth Obama trying to parse the span of Romney's Bain tenure, seems like that would be wasting valuable time and give Romney an opportunity to ramble.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz

AmericanDreamer — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 19:20:49 +0000

In reply to The Debate: attacking Romney's jobs-creator mythology.

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—With his polite and well-mannered performance widely panned in the first Presidential debate, President Barack Obama is under mounting pressure to prove that he can act like an asshole in the second debate tomorrow night, a campaign aide confirmed.

“In America, we demand that our President remain cool and calm in a crisis but go batshit in a debate,” the aide said. “Tuesday night is all about that second piece.”

Rather than unspooling a laundry list of facts and numbers as he did in the first debate, this time Mr. Obama will focus on tearing Mr. Romney a new one.

Unfortunately, the aide acknowledged, such classic dick moves as dismissively interrupting an opponent and laughing over his answers do not come naturally to Mr. Obama: “That’s why we’re having Joe Biden work with him.”

But even as Mr. Obama worked around the clock to practice being a douche, Mitt Romney’s campaign manager, Matt Rhoades, doubted his efforts would succeed.

“Being an asshole isn’t a skill that you can just pick up overnight,” Mr. Rhoades said. “Mitt Romney’s been working on it all his life.”

Read more http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/borowitzreport/2012/10/obamas-new-debate-strategy.html#ixzz29OgFCFWU

The Borowitz Report, today.